Welcome to another message from the Gospel of Luke, from the Greek language. We're doing Greek reading and research by induction. You're learning a little Greek while you go, and all of you are, I know. I don't know whether you can say N-R-K-A-N-H-O-G-O-S-K-I-H-O-L-O-G-O-S-A-N-P-R-O-S-T-O-N-T-H-E-O-N-K-I-H-O-L-O-G-O-S-A-N-T-H-E-O-S yet or not, or K-I-H-O-L-O-G-O-S-A-R-X-A-G-A-N-I-T-O, but you're learning Greek words. The most important thing is that you are learning the Bible. The inspired Word of God. That is so beautiful. And you're getting it from the language it was written in. Now we're in 23 and 36. They crucified the wrong man. The Crucifixion of Jesus. And in all reality, all of us should have been crucified there that day. Jesus was crucified for all of us. In Matthew 27, 32 through 44, Mark 15, 21 through 32, and John 19, 17 through 27, are cross references to these verses that we're going to read here. Kaihos apagagon, auton epilambonoi, simona tina sarunion ecumenon af agru epitheton alto tone staron phaerane opistane tu eisou and in in a or as, or in some way they carried away him. Having seized and laid hands upon Simon, a certain Cyrenian. In Matthew 27, 32, Mark 15, 21. Now he had two sons, this man did. One of them was Alexandrian Rufus. Latin Rufus means red. Rufus means red in Latin. And in Rufus, I mean, Rufus in Latin means red. And Alexander, of course. Alexander and Rufus, Romans 16 in verse three, these were real people. This man possibly came from a place in Cyrene where there was a stronghold of Saqqari, or really, Jewish zealots. And here he was in Jerusalem now, a certain Cyrenian named Simon, coming from a country, and they placed upon him the cross to bear behind or following Jesus. The condemned man usually carried the cross. But you have to realize that Jesus was nearly beaten to death. Pontius Pilate had beat Jesus so badly that he thought that they would have mercy upon him and turn him free. Turn him loose. But they didn't. He said, echo homo, behold the man. And they said, crucify him, crucify him, crucify him. Have mercy upon the man. Crucify him, crucify him. No mercy. Simon Bearer's Jesus Cross. Eccoluse de auto poli. Plaethos tu lau cae geneko. Hoi echo potonta cae and they kept on following him a great polyplathos, a great multitude of the people. And the women, the ones, they kept on mourning and they kept on lamenting him. Now Jesus turns around and this is what he says. And having turned around to them the Jesus he said daughters of Jerusalem Don't weep over me But over yourselves you weep. You have called down damnation and destruction on yourselves. O daughters of Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, how many times I would have called you as a mother hen with her baby chicks, but you didn't have much sense as the mother hen did with the baby chicks. You would not come. You would not come. And upon the children of you, 23 in verse 29, Chote edu echonte hemere en eis orusen makarie he sterei kai he kolie he uke egeneson kai mastoi hoi uke ethrepson. Because you behold, There shall come days, and they're going to come for themselves, it says here. Third person plural, present indicative, middle voice, ercomi, erconti. In which is, they shall say, blessed the ones barren, sterile. That word stere, sterilize. You know they, when they were doing away with us Indians, They were putting the little girls in what they called mission schools, were actually prisons. And a lot of the women, the girls, they would sterilize them. Barren or sterile, that's the English word. And the one's wombs, which is not, they bore. And breast, matoi, mastoi, mastectomy, that word comes from this word, that breast, which is not, they have nurtured or lactated, so to speak. Blessed. Now, this is the opposite of what the Jewish women wanted. Every month, when a woman, after she was married, when a woman went through her menstrual cycle, her mother-in-law or her mother would take her out into a baptistry. And they would dip her 12 times for each tribe of Israel so that she would become very fertile. And if a woman did not have a child, it was considered that God had cursed her. God wasn't pleased with her. Like Elizabeth. Like Sarah in the Old Testament. These people that did not have children were looked upon as outcasts and condemned by God. But Jesus said, blessed are you that have never had children, that have never suckled a child, that your wombs have never been filled with a living life. You're blessed. And he tells them why. 2330. Now he's quoting from Hosea 10 and eight. and Isaiah 2, 19 and 20. And they shall begin to say to the mountains, you fall upon us, and to the hills you cover us. It's going to happen again in the book of Revelation also when Israel is so surrounded by the enemies of the Antichrist. 2331, hotei en to higral zulo tauta poiosun en to zero ti genete. Literally, this word is not an if here, this is a first-class conditional particle. It means, and since in the full sap of the tree, these things, they do, or happen, in the day, what? It may become. In the dry, what may it become? In the dry days. Now, if this happens when the trees are green, you can't burn a green tree, but you burn the dry trees. What happens when they burn down all the green trees? 2332, Egonto, Dei, Cai, Eteroi, Kakurgoi, Dio, Sine, Auto, Anna, Rethinei. And they kept on being led, and also different workers of evil, criminals. Jesus was being led. and different workers of evil criminals. Two with him, to be killed, to be executed to the death. Verse number 33, Kaihote elthon, epiton topon ton, kaluminon kranion eke estaruson auton, And when they came upon the place, the one being called the cranium, the skull, Marilyn painted a picture of Calvary with that skull, the shape of a skull, a cranium. We got a word cranium from this word, cranium. Our word cranium comes from. By the way, almost all medical terms come from Greek. All legal terms come from Latin. And the reason for that is that the Catholic Church forbid the Greek Bible Everybody knew Greek. That was the common language, Koine Greek. And they instituted the Latin Vulgate by Jerome and nobody could read that. Nobody could read that. And they forbid the Bible. They did not want people to know what the Bible said because they were going away from the Word of God. Just look and see what happened here in this evolution of theology. Infant baptism. The Bible said if you believe, you can be baptized. Infants don't believe. Infants are infants. Until they come to the age of accountability, they cannot be baptized, but people baptized babies are called pedobaptists. Mariolatry. The pope was established. The church and the state had become one in 400 and 500 AD. Baptism is established by law. Indulgences are instituted in the Catholic Church. Purgatory is invented. Satan image worship is instituted in 787. Transubstantiation in 1100. Celibacy is declared in 1123. Auricular confession in 1215. The Bible is totally forbidden in 1229. And the Inquisition, the questioning by torture. These things we see in the history. And the one being called Skull, the place of the Skull there, they crucified him. Histaroson, third person plural, first-person indicative adjective, they crucified him. And the ones, criminals, workers of evil, kakouragous, workers of evil, ethnic evil, who indeed one out of the right side and one out of the left side of him. Luke 23, 33 through 43, and Matthew 27, 33 and 44, and Mark 15, 22 through 32, and John 19, 17 through 24 are cross-references to this. Hode Jesus elegane pater aphis atois ugar oidesen ti poiusen De maris omenoi, deita hematia, autu ebalon klerus. Now, part of this verse is not in the original language. The one Jesus, he kept on saying, Father, forgive them, for not they know what they are doing. That is not in the original language. What really is here now is that dividing for themselves the garments of Him, they cast lots. Now this fulfilled Psalm 22 and verse 18. You'd be surprised how much of these readings that we have in King Jim and the New King James Version aren't in the original text. It's just not there. Remember, the King Daniel Version was made off of texts, the texts of Stephanus and Erasmus texts. They hadn't anything earlier than 1100 A.D. at that time. We found a lot more. What happened back here in the Catholic Church, the Catholic Church were burning the scriptures right and left. When they find a Bible, a Greek Bible, they'd burn it up. The Catholics and the Muslims were doing the same thing. It is a miracle that we have the text of the New Testament in the original languages today, only by the grace and protection of God. Be thankful you can hear it read from the original language. Kai es teke hola osterun. Eks e mi te rizon de kai hoi. Arkontes, Legontes, Aulus, Esothen, Esosthen, Solsato, Iaoton, Ea, Auhutos, Esten, Ho, Christos, Tuthiou, Ho, Eclektos. And they stood, and this is durative linear action, it's pluperfect, indicative, active, third person singular. And each one of them stood, the people beholding. And they kept on scoffing. Also the one's rulers saying, others he saved, let him save himself. Since this one he is supposed to be the Messiah of God, the chosen one. They were in control now. The hounds of hell were turned loose. The hounds of hell were turned loose upon the Son of God. and they mocked him also the one's soldiers, approaching for themselves vinegar. Oksos, Osos, Vinegar offering to him. Now this vinegar was wine, cheap wine, sour wine mixed with opium. This sour wine mixed with opium was a painkiller. And they weren't giving him a painkiller because they were being nice to him. They wanted him to last longer on the cross in a state of excruciating pain. This is what they did. Kaila Gontes, A.C.A. Hobart's lease to you do so so on Seattle and Saying since you are the king of the Jews save yourself By the way Jesus neither king of the Jews is what was over Jesus head in Latin and Greek and in Hebrew So that everybody could understand it Thirty-eighth, Ein Dei Kai Epigrafei, Eth Ato, Ho Bosleus Tu Eru, Hutos. And it continued to be also the writing over him of the King of the Jews, this one. Pilate, they tried to get Pilate to change what he said, or what Pilate wrote. This was his own hand, by the way, he wrote it. They came to him and said, this say that he said he was the King of the Jews. He said, no, what I have written, I have written. Pilate would not change it to Pilate was convinced that Jesus was the King of the Jews. He was. He was a rightful King of the Jews, not Herod. Herod was an imposter. I want you to go try to read Pilate's letter in the Arco volume. It was written in Greek and Hebrew and Latin, the Bible said here. The Sanhedrin said, charge the writing, say that he said he was king of the Jews. He said that he is king of the Jews. Pilate said that if man was accused of being king of the Jews and the son of God, that is what it shall be written, and Pilate wrote it himself. 2339. eis dea ton cre mas then ton. Co corg gon eblas fe me a ton le gon uke si e ho cri sos. Soso si a ton cai himas. And one of the ones having been hanged, having been crucified, Krimos, He kept on blaspheming him, deriding him, blaspheming him, saying, not you are the Christ, you say yourself, you save yourself and us. If you're not the Christ, if you're not the Christ, show us and save yourself and don't forget to save us also. Verse number 40, apokrythes de ho heteros, epitimon auton, ef ude fobe si theon hote anto auto kramate. Having answered the one different rebuking him, he said, And not you fear you, God? Don't you fear the God of heaven? They were religious people. They were religious Zealots. They were going to run off the Roman Empire and take over the Kingdom of God. They were religious Zealots. He said, don't you fear God because in the same judgment you are? We're dying because we deserve to die. This one has done nothing wrong. 2341, Kai Hemeis Men Dekaios, Aksia Garhon And we indeed justly, we are worthy of what things we did and what things we practiced. And we receive and get back, we receive back what we gave. They killed, they murdered, they robbed, they stole in the name of religion, but they This one, but this one, nothing out of place did he do. Nothing perverse, nothing unnatural, nothing wrong he did. 23 verse 42, Kai elegin eisoun manesete muhoton eltheis eis tein basileosu. And this one man, he kept on saying Jesus, You'll remember me when you may come into the kingdom of you. Remember me. Remember me. Have you asked the Lord to remember you when he comes into his kingdom? He's there. Why should he remember you? Have you repented and called upon the Lord to save your soul? Have you followed him in baptism? Have you tried to serve the Lord the best you can where you are? Have you? Ka-e-pe-na-to-e-mon-su-e-e-le-go-se-me-on-meth-e-mo-e-se-en-to-pa-ra-de-so. Had he said to Him truly, Amen, I say to you, I say this day with me, you shall be for yourself because of what you just did here. You believed in your heart and you are sorry for what you've done. He repented and he believed. He had more faith than anybody around him. In the paradise, the guarded pleasure park, comes from the Persian Kaldi word, paradise. He goes into Hebrew, paradise. He goes into Greek, paradise. He comes into English, paradise. A guarded pleasure park. Yes, heaven is a guarded pleasure park. kai ein eidei hosei hora ektei kai skoktos. Again, until F, holang tein gein heos horas eneteis. And it kept on being already about the hour six in darkness. It became over the entire earth until hour nine. From 12 o'clock, the sixth hour, until three o'clock, the ninth hour, 3 p.m. The earth was dark when the sun was supposed to be the brightest. We know that there was a great eclipse at this time that happened. It's a historical fact. At nine o'clock when Jesus was placed on the cross, a lamb was slain. And at three o'clock, another lamb was slain. Jesus truly was the antitype of these lambs which he portrayed. And he died in a worse fashion than they did, a more cruel fashion. They would sharpen the blades real sharp and they'd pull the lamb's head back and slit the juggler veins so that they would pass out nearly immediately. Their eyes would go dead. But Jesus was crucified on that horrible cross and lived in pain. for six hours. Six hours. Dying for our sins. Hebrews 9, 1 to 28 talks about this. Tu hilio eclipontos eschiste deito carapetasma tu naud meson. And the son having failed, he was torn the veil of the holy place in the middle. Now between the holy of holies and the holy place and the temple, there was a real thick veil. And some people say it was four, five, six inches thick. And it was torn from the top to the bottom. Right here. Because Jesus made access to heaven for us. from the holy place, the type of the world where they lived, and the light of the word of God and the prayers right into the presence of the almighty God. Exodus 23, 31 through 33 in Matthew 27, 51. When Christ died, the veil was torn from the top to the bottom, exposing the holy holies, a type of heaven itself. By the blood of Christ, we enter into heaven itself. Direct access. Only the high priest entered into the Holy of Holies once a year. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Christ, once for all, entered into heaven to make an offering and a sacrifice for us. Verse number 46, Kai Phonesos. And having cried out with a great voice, the Jesus, he said, Father, unto your hands I place as a deposit the spirit of me. And this saying, having said, he breathed out his last breath and died for you and for me. For you and for me, he died. Let's go back and read these verses now. From verse 26 onward. And they led him away and they seized one Simon the Syrian who was coming in from the country. And they laid upon him the cross and made him carry it and follow behind Jesus. And there accompanied Jesus a great multitude of the people, including women, who bewailed and lamented him. And Jesus turned toward them and said, daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. You're going to all die because of this. Because they turned loose the wrong man, They're gonna die. Masada would be, they would stand, they would go in and sulk in and slip in and creep in and kill Roman soldiers and then slip back up to that fortress of Herod, Masada. Until the 10th Roman Legion came and put up a bulwark against that thing and marched in there. They spent all that time building that thing. You can still see that ramp up there today. When they got in there, these rascals had killed each other with those stiletto knives, those daggers, the saccardi. Behold, the days are coming during which they will say, blessed and happy and fortunate to be enfeed are the barren and the wombs that have never borne and the breasts that have never nursed babies. Then they will begin to say to the mountains, fall upon us and the hills cover us and conceal us. Now this will happen again in the middle of the tribulation period. It's not over with yet. They say, never another Masada. Oh yes, there have been many Masadas and there will be more. Until they say, blessed and holy is he that came in the name of the Lord. Then will weep, as one weeps for his only begotten son, as God the Father wept for his son. For if they do these things when the timber is green, what will happen when it's dry? Two others also were criminals, were led to be executed with him, Isaiah 53 and verse 12. That's his prophecy now. And when they came to the place which is called the Skull, Calvary from the Latin Golgotha and the Hebrew equivalent, there they crucified him along with criminals, one on the right hand and one on the left. And Jesus prayed and said, Father, now remember this is not there. But what is there? And they divided his garments and distributed them, casting lots for them. Psalm 22 and verse 18. Verse number 35. Now the people stood by calmly and leisurely watching, but the rulers scoffed and sneered and turned up their noses at him, saying, He rescued others from death. Let him now rescue himself, if he is the Christ, the Messiah God, the Chosen One. The soldiers also ridiculed and made sport of him, coming up and offering him vinegar, sour wine mixed with water and opium. Psalm 69 verse 21, the fulfillment of that. And saying, if you are the king of the Jews, save and rescue yourself from death. Well, there was also an inscription above him and letters in Greek and Latin and Hebrew, this is the king of the Jews. One of the criminals who were suspended up railing at him. I don't know how he felt like hollering and screaming at Jesus when he was suffering and dying. He would only live a few more hours. And through all that pain, he would have time and muster up by the powers of Satan enough to ridicule the Son of God. Railing him, saying, you are not the Christ, the Messiah. Rescue yourself from death and us. But the other one reproved him saying, do you not even fear God seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering and the same penalty? And we indeed suffer it justly and receiving the due reward of our actions. But this man who has done nothing out of the way, nothing strange and eccentric or perverse or unreasonable. Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingly glory. He answered him and said, truly, I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise. And he would. Now it was about the sixth hour, midday, and darkness was enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour, about three hours of this great eclipse. The nature itself could not look upon the suffering son of God. And while the sun's light faded and was darkened, and a curtain of the Holy of Holies. The temple was torn in two. Well, the sun's light faded and was darkened. And the curtain of the Holy of Holies of the temple was torn in two. Exodus 26, 31 through 35. Jesus crying out with a loud voice said, Father into your hands I commit my spirit. Jesus chose the very second that he was to die. They could not have done, he could not have done that if he had been stoned. He could not have done it He could not have done that if he had been straight. But being crucified, he controlled the very moment that he would die. I commit my spirit and with these words he expired. Psalm 31 verse 5. And that's where we'll quit until our next message. Our Heavenly Father, we thank you that you saw fit to save us by this means. We all deserve that cross. We all deserve that eternal punishment in hell. But by your grace and your love, you give us a chance to have eternal life. Father, forgive me where I fail you, I pray. And I pray for all those that you've given me to take care of out there. From Texas and Wales and Australia. Pennsylvania, watch over Nancy. Take care of her. Comfort her heart. Love her like she loves you. Father, thank you for all of this time that you've given me when I should have been gone a long time ago. Thank you for allowing me to finish this message even though I choked up. Father, I pray that you use your word to save souls and that they will commit their lives into your hands. In Jesus' name I pray.